Biography
While posing no threat to Hollywood's A-list leading ladies, Lee kept busy in the ensuing years, backing John Wayne in "The Flying Tigers" (1942) and Boris Karloff in "Bedlam" (1946) while proving a valuable addition to John Ford's stock company, beginning with the Academy Award-winning "How Green Was My Valley" (1944). Shifting to character parts in middle age and focusing on television work to allow time with her family, Lee contributed a …
Career Milestones
1993 | Awarded star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | |
1982 | Injured spine in accident; paralyzed from waist down | |
1978 | Played Lila Quatermaine on the ABC daytime drama, "General Hospital" | |
1965 | Portrayed Sister Margaretta in "The Sound of Music" | |
| Returned to feature films in the late 1950s in such films as "The Last Hurrah" (1958) and "The Horse Soldiers" (1959) | ||
1956 | Played Doris Mayfield on the CBS sitcom, "The Charlie Farrell Show" | |
1952 | Last feature film for several years, "Boots Malone" | |
| Was a panelist on the information/game show, "It's News to Me" | ||
1951 | Played Dora Foster on the TV sitcom, "A Date with Judy" | |
1950 | Moved to New York to begin second career in live TV | |
1941 | Made first film with director John Ford, "How Green Was My Valley" | |
1940 | First American film, "Seven Sinners", in support of Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne | |
| Earliest film credits include "Chelsea Life" (1933) and "The Camels Are Coming" (1934) | ||
| Joined the London Repertory Theatre; toured in such plays as "The Constant Nymph" and "Jane Eyre" | ||